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👓 What we know about Matthew Whitaker, man who replaces Jeff Sessions | ABC News
Matthew Whitaker was appointed has been appointed acting U.S. Attorney General.
👓 Jeff Sessions out as attorney general | CNN
President Donald Trump on Wednesday fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Matthew Whitaker will take over as acting attorney general.
🎧 The Daily: ‘Divided,’ Part 2: The Chaos of Reunification | New York Times
The U.S. government denied that it had planned to separate migrant families. It also had no plans to bring them back together.
🎧 The Daily: ‘Divided,’ Part 1: How Family Separations Started | New York Times
“The Daily” examines the repercussions of a U.S. policy that led to more than 2,000 migrant children being separated from their parents.
👓 Two Charts Show Trump’s Job Gains Are Just A Continuation From Obama’s Presidency | Forbes
When you look at the numbers (and graphs) the gains in employment under President Trump are essentially a continuation from President Obama‘s last six years in office.
👓 Stephen Miller’s Third-Grade Teacher: He Was a “Loner” and Ate Glue | Hollywood Reporter
In 1993, Donald Trump's senior political adviser attended Santa Monica's Franklin Elementary, where he was "off by himself all the time."
This is sort of sad ad hominem reporting; I’m surprised to see it in the Hollywood Reporter of all places. If true, it does highlight ways in which we need to better support children both in their homes and at school to prevent poor outcomes at later times. This story and its outcome aren’t much different than socially ostracized teen boys who later turn into school shooters, but in this case the outcome is probably far worse.
📺 Brett Kavanaugh's SCOTUS nomination | Washington Week | PBS
A partisan battle over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court dominated Washington this week. The panelists discussed how the nomination process got to this point, along with what this weekend's confirmation vote could like.
👓 The Cruelty Is the Point | The Atlantic
Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.
A searing piece of writing here. A must-read.
This makes a compelling argument about why some humans are so painfully cruel.
🎧 ‘The Daily’: How Trump Withstands So Many Controversies | New York Times
As President Trump faces a hailstorm of criticism over his meeting with Russia’s president, his supporters are doubling down. It’s a pattern we’ve seen before.
We really need some people to stand up to all the non-sense.
🎧 ‘The Daily’: The Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban | New York Times
What does the Supreme Court’s endorsement of the travel ban say about the extent of the president’s power?
🎧 ‘The Daily’: What Migrants Are Fleeing | New York Times
For large numbers of migrants making the journey to the U.S. from Central America, staying in their native countries is no longer an option.
📺 Face the Nation, 9/30: Cotton, Klobuchar | CBS
This week on “Face the Nation,” John Dickerson interviews Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Plus, our political panel will take a look at all that happened in Washington this week including the Kavanaugh, Ford hearing.
👓 H.R. McMaster: ‘Wholly appropriate’ for Gary Cohn to remove letter from Trump’s desk | Washington Examiner
Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Tuesday defended his ex-White House colleague Gary Cohn for removing a trade-related document from President's Trump.
🎧 ‘The Daily’: Rod Rosenstein’s Insurrection | New York Times
In the eight days between the firing of James Comey and the appointment of Robert Mueller, the deputy attorney general faced a crisis.